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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Hampshire's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Harry Hibbard |
| Succeeded by | Thomas M. Edwards |
| United States Senator fromNew Hampshire | |
| In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1877 | |
| Preceded by | John P. Hale |
| Succeeded by | Edward H. Rollins |
| Member of theNew Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| In office 1852–1855 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1821-02-03)February 3, 1821 |
| Died | May 10, 1898(1898-05-10) (aged 77) |
| Resting place | School Street Cemetery Lebanon,Grafton County New Hampshire |
| Nationality | USA |
| Party | American Party Republican |
| Spouse | Isabella Tuller Cragin |
| Children | Harry Wilton Cragin |
| Parent(s) | Aaron Cragin Sarah Whitney Cragin |
| Occupation | Lawyer Politician |
Aaron Harrison Cragin (February 3, 1821 – May 10, 1898) was an American politician and aUnited States representative andsenator fromNew Hampshire.
Born inWeston, Vermont, Cragin completed preparatory studies, studied law, wasadmitted to the bar inAlbany,New York in 1847 and commenced practice inLebanon,New Hampshire.
Cragin was a member of theNew Hampshire House of Representatives from 1852 to 1855.
Elected by theAmerican Party to theThirty-fourth Congress and as aRepublican to theThirty-fifth Congress, Cragin served from (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859).[1] While in the House of Representatives, he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Thirty-fourth Congress).
Cragin resumed the practice of law and in 1859 was again a member of the State house of representatives. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Republican Convention in Chicago, and a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists convention in 1866.[2] He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1864; was reelected in 1870, and served from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1877.[3] While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills (Thirty-ninth Congress) and a member of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses), the Committee on Naval Affairs (Forty-first and Forty-third Congresses), and the Committee on Railroads (Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses).[4]
Appointed by PresidentRutherford Hayes as one of the commissioners for the purchase of theHot Springs Reservation inArkansas, Cragin served as chairman from 1877 to 1879.[5]
Cragin died inWashington, D.C., on May 10, 1898 (age 77 years, 96 days). He isinterred at School Street Cemetery, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Son of Aaron and Sarah Whitney, Cragin married Isabella Tuller and they had a son, Harry Wilton Cragin, who graduated fromYale University and was appointed third assistant in theUnited States Patent Office.[6]
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 2) from New Hampshire 1865–1877 Served alongside:Daniel Clark,George G. Fogg,James W. Patterson,Bainbridge Wadleigh | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. Representative for the 3rd District of New Hampshire 1855–1859 | Succeeded by |
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